114 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY 





mounds of this period, such as those above referred to, 

 which appear to have continued in use for a long time, 

 as well as others of later date. The small round tumuli or 

 cronks, still so numerous, for the most part appear from 

 their contents to belong to this age. 



We shall now describe one or two typical examples 

 of these. A mound at Ballaseyr, Andreas, examined 

 about 25 years ago, when it was being cut through in 

 order to form a new fence, was found to measure 4 to 5 feet 

 high by about 24 feet diameter at the base; it was com- 

 posed entirely of heavy red sand. Near the centre, placed 

 mouth downwards on the original surface, was an urn 

 (one of those shown on fig. 22) half full of calcined bones, 

 measuring l(]j inches high by 15^ inches in diameter across 

 the mouth. The material is a stiff clay with the usual 

 mixture of crushed stones, in this case slate, quartz, 

 granite and trap, from the size of a mustard seed to that 

 of a French bean. The surface is smooth, the colour 

 reddish brown. A border pattern 4 inches deep consists 

 of two lines round the urn, between which four rows of 

 diagonal lines form a sort of herring-bone pattern. Within 

 the bevelled lip is ornamented by two lines, between which 

 are short diagonal strokes. All the lines are formed as if 

 by a bluntly-pointed stick, or possibly by pressing a 

 twisted cord on the plastic clay (see fig. 22). 



Another mound at the White House, Michael, 

 examined in 1888, when it was removed for building pur- 

 poses, stood about 7 feet high, and when perfect the 

 diameter was about 40 feet. It consisted of a bed of red 

 sand, 2\ feet at its greatest thickness, upon which was 

 heaped a cairn of broken quartz, 2\ feet deep at the centre. 

 Above was another 12 inches of red sand, and some 

 6 inches of surface soil. It was in this sand, resting 

 directly on the quartz, that the urns were met with, 



